The Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown Hotel had its “soft opening” last Friday night, said Keoni Christensen, general manager for the new hotel.

Located at 36 E. Fourth St. in the former Bartlett Building, the 323-room hotel opened with a few floors of rooms available and more rooms are being added. Once fully open, the 19-story hotel will have 283 rooms, 40 suites, eight meeting rooms and nearly 14,400 square feet of total meeting space.

In addition, the hotel’s restaurant, D. Burnham’s, is up and running. Christensen said it hosted about 50 people last night. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The hotel has been quiet about its opening because it wants to work out the kinks before making a splash.

“The worst thing we can do is not deliver,” Christensen said.

A number of details are still being finished up at the hotel. However, rooms are available at Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown for $240 a night for Wednesday and Thursday on the hotel’s website. Rates for Friday and Saturday start at $180 a night.

A grand opening for the hotel has not been scheduled yet, Christensen said, but it is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the city.

The Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown is a $33 million conversion of the Bartlett Building, a former office building at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets.